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Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... answer maybe as plain as Paul Briggs' reason for taking a dive. And we thought we've had enough of diving after the World Cup. Wall Street was just in no mood to fight today. Oh no dear boy! Not after the big drop it encountered heading into the weekend ...

The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... doesn't however directly refer to Paul the Octopus, who rose to worldwide fame when he upstaged the just completed soccer World Cup hosted in South Africa. Rainmaker this morning used the app to complete groundbreaking research into the vexed issue of ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... per cent gain in SkyTV as New Zealanders tuned in to watch the All Whites' historic draw against Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup. But Peter Sigley of Goldman Sachs JBWere attributed the rise to bargain hunting after the stock fell in the last month. The ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... take out life insurance direct or through insurers, which can cost the average working Australian the same amount as buying a cup of coffee everyday, according to industry estimates. Dr. Kelly said that if the national level of insurance does not improve ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... watching the race in Melbourne. And this morning, there are more stories about 'Shocking' (the horse) winning the Melbourne Cup than there is about the official cash rate rising by another 25 basis points - the second month in a row - to 3.5 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... 2009. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed slightly lower amid subdued trading volumes because of the Melbourne Cup, and as the market awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... 4,546, on volume of 21,326 contracts. CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said volumes were typically low ahead of the Melbourne Cup holiday, with most action driven by the falls on Wall Street on Friday. "The market's well and truly in the midst of a correction ...

25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... Why? Because it is almost certain - 71 per cent probability -- that the RBA will follow-up with another hike on Melbourne Cup Day (3 November). And then...five more by June next year and two more before 2010 is over - all in all, a 200 basis point increase ...